Yom HaShoah 2982 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6742

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6742 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 2979 27 Nisan 6739
Yom HaShoah 2980 27 Nisan 6740
Yom HaShoah 2981 28 Nisan 6741
Yom HaShoah 2982 26 Nisan 6742
Yom HaShoah 2983 27 Nisan 6743
Yom HaShoah 2984 27 Nisan 6744
Yom HaShoah 2985 28 Nisan 6745
Yom HaShoah 2986 27 Nisan 6746

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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